Malta in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.9297, -88.8609
- Elevation
- 277 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 152
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1055 km away
- Same name
- 37 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Malta, Illinois, United States
Check the current local time in Malta, Illinois, United States, which sits in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Malta, United States
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Malta
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Malta, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:19 AM Solar noon 12:41 PM Sunset 6:02 PM Daylight 10 h 43 min Night 13 h 17 min Civil twilight 6:51 AM – 6:31 PM
Weather in Malta right now
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Malta and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 43758
- 59538
- 60150
- 83342
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Illinois
Other places named Malta
- Malta Paraíba, Brazil
- Malta Montana, United States
- Malta Zeeland, Netherlands
- Malta Ohio, United States
- Malta Carinthia, Austria
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Dekalb County — 8.5 km
- Creston — 8.6 km
- Dekalb — 9.1 km
- Clare — 10.0 km
- Elva — 10.1 km
- Wilkinson — 10.7 km
Local time details for Malta
Malta adheres to America/Chicago, a UTC−5 offset. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.
The sun breaks the horizon at Malta at 7:19 AM and leaves it at 6:02 PM. Daylight comes to 10 h 43 min.
Nearby Dekalb County and Creston need no separate clock from Malta.
Malta accounts for 4 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Should America/Chicago be used as the time zone for Malta?
- Yes, Malta uses America/Chicago, whose offset is −5.
- Does the time in Malta vary with the season?
- Daylight saving time in Malta: Yes.
- Tell me the sunset hour in Malta.
- The sunset hour is 6:02 PM.